Revisiting ‘What difference, at this point, does it make’

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Eddie Scarry

Feb 11, 2014 10:20 am

When former State Secretary Hillary Clinton testified last year during a Congressional hearing on the Benghazi attack, one line made struck a chord with the conservative media: “What difference, at this point, does it make?”

She made the exclamation in answering what caused the attack that resulted in four dead Americans.

Bloomberg News highlights a bit in the new Clinton biography “HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton” with details behind the heated moment:

“What difference at this point does it make?” Clinton said in January 2013 when asked by a senator at a congressional hearing whether the deaths were officially the result of terrorism. The book says that Clinton’s longtime aide, Philippe Reines unwittingly inspired that line during a prep session.